atheist had their moments...some songs of their 1st and 2nd LP were great, but for a complete LP-listen, it gets boring. could imagine the same effact seeing them live where the sound and all details are gone in a mess.

And the new album is a disorganized pile of junk. I could get into "Focus" (what an obvious name!) but the new one is just disorganized, jamming technically for the sake of sounding technical. All for a band whose claim to fame is whipping out 1970s jazz fusion and putting metal riffs in it. Zzzz._________________DEATH METAL UNDERGROUND

It is interesting. There is an intensity in the set
that's not there in the studio
records. I'm not into tech death that much
but Atheist and Nocturnus rule.
How can you beat a concept album about
a time machine that takes a guy
to "Burn The Manger"